Making <i>loca sacra</i> in Visigothic Iberia: The Case of Churches
Curiously, we have no previous studies that deal monographically with the question of the sacralisation of spaces in Visigoth Iberia. It is intended in the following pages to fill this historiographical gap by focusing on the particular case of the churches. By means of the compilation and exhaustiv...
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| description | Curiously, we have no previous studies that deal monographically with the question of the sacralisation of spaces in Visigoth Iberia. It is intended in the following pages to fill this historiographical gap by focusing on the particular case of the churches. By means of the compilation and exhaustive analysis of all the available documentary sources, particularly the available conciliar canons, it is aimed to identify the different prescriptions and strategies that were used to sacralise new places of worship in Iberia during the Visigothic period. Particular emphasis will be placed on ritual procedures, which are mandatory for the consecration of any church, but also on material and sensorial factors as complementary determinants in the definition of sacred space. The final result obtained provides us with a reality dominated by a heterogeneity of situations that were sometimes far from conforming to the reality desired by canon law. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ecacfe9a9b634a0b914c287d7c72d9ef2023-11-18T03:05:27ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442023-05-0114566410.3390/rel14050664Making <i>loca sacra</i> in Visigothic Iberia: The Case of ChurchesPablo Poveda Arias0Department of Ancient and Medieval History, University of Valladolid, 47002 Valladolid, SpainCuriously, we have no previous studies that deal monographically with the question of the sacralisation of spaces in Visigoth Iberia. It is intended in the following pages to fill this historiographical gap by focusing on the particular case of the churches. By means of the compilation and exhaustive analysis of all the available documentary sources, particularly the available conciliar canons, it is aimed to identify the different prescriptions and strategies that were used to sacralise new places of worship in Iberia during the Visigothic period. Particular emphasis will be placed on ritual procedures, which are mandatory for the consecration of any church, but also on material and sensorial factors as complementary determinants in the definition of sacred space. The final result obtained provides us with a reality dominated by a heterogeneity of situations that were sometimes far from conforming to the reality desired by canon law.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/5/664canon lawconsecrationcustomLate Antiquityritualssacred spaces |
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| title | Making <i>loca sacra</i> in Visigothic Iberia: The Case of Churches |
| title_full | Making <i>loca sacra</i> in Visigothic Iberia: The Case of Churches |
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| title_short | Making <i>loca sacra</i> in Visigothic Iberia: The Case of Churches |
| title_sort | making i loca sacra i in visigothic iberia the case of churches |
| topic | canon law consecration custom Late Antiquity rituals sacred spaces |
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